A portrait photograph of Dudley A. Sargent. He is seated. The photograph is on a page with "Dudley A. Sargent. 1849-1924 Founder" written on it. Dudley A. Sargent founded the Sargent School of Physical Training in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1881. He also built a reputation as an innovator by developing exercise machines that even weak and disabled individuals could use, thanks to pulley systems with adjustable weights. At his Sargent School, students learned training techniques to strengthen and improve the physical abilities of all people.
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